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1/18/11

Lisa Leonard Giveaway!

Lisa Leonard has generously offered to share something pretty with Smile and Wave readers! She's been designing and hand-crafting silver jewelry for years and has most recently teamed up with Ali Edwards and designed the Word of the Year necklace to capture that word that sums up what you want in 2011. Lisa's high quality designs can be customized with names and initials and are a great choice for a meaningful gift.

Lisa would like to give one lucky winner $50 worth of shop credit to Lisa Leonard Designs! To enter to win this giveaway I'd love to hear what you're most hoping for in 2011. Comments will be open until the 20th when a winner will be picked. To ensure that you'll receive your prize please leave a way for me to contact you in your entry as we've had a lot of unclaimed prizes in recent giveaways.

I really hope to get back to what is really important. To focus on my family, eating healthy, spending time together and try to live each day so that when I look back on this year I don't say to myself I should have done it differently. Beautiful!

Hoping this year will be the year of getting organized. My grandma passed away 3 years ago and I have yet to find a place for some of her stuff (as the executor, there is a lot of paperwork involved). Also, I'm hoping this will be the year of wearing some gorgeous Lisa Leonard jewelry!!

I am believing for breakthrough for my oldest brother1 He and his wife have endured a long battle caring for their son amidst my brother being unemployed for almost three years. They blog about their son Carter here: www.cartermcates.com

I love her sweetheart necklace. The word for the year necklace is fabulous. In years past, when I was single and in my twenties, I would have picked reciprocity and validation as my words. But now, on my 5th year of marriage I think I would pick passion as my word. I'm hoping that this year will be full of creativity and success for my husband and I. I want him to write many many poems (he's a poet who teaches english at a university) and I want to make many many pretty things and maybe a baby too. I'm hoping this is our lucky year. 11 is my lucky number.

My goal for this year is to simplify my life. I want to live an uncluttered life so that I can spend more moments with my children and not have too much "stuff" to do. LOVE lisa- thanks for the giveaway!

I'm really hoping to potty train my 2 year old son asap so i can enroll him in preschool this summer, start school and have creative space at home. I've missed making things so much but its hard with an 11month old and a 2 year old around. More readers would be lovely too! This Lisa Leonard giveaway is awesome! I've been wanting a charm necklace like this since my daughter was born! She'll be 1 in a couple weeks! xoxo Liz

I'm hoping to have my family closer. Should my dad get this new position, my parents and brother will go from 11 hours away to only 2.5! It's been tough only seeing them twice a year for the past three years.

I want to be a better wife and make fantastic dinners everyday.I want to be a better daughter and call my parents more often.I want to be a better student and get better grades.I want to volunteer and help others.I want to craft and make my life and my loved ones beautiful.

I'm hoping to get my etsy shop up and running to a point where it becomes known much more than it is now. I'd like to be able to start selling at my local farmer's market and move towards selling a lot of my products locally. I'd love to continue working on my degree for school and learn to appreciate the simplest and sometimes most wonderful things that life has to offer.

Lisa's stuff is to die for I have had my eye on something for months! in 2011 I hope to stretch myself in many areas but in particular with business and creative endeavors. as always Rachel your blog is a vehicle for much inspiration and joy thanks for the chance to win! xo

I'm hoping for a safe and healthy new year fir my family and friends. Last year wasn't so good so this year should be an improvement. On the lighter side I'm hoping to get more seeing in too. Thanks for the giveaway.

oh i adore Lisa L!! (i already have her 'Jumble of Charms' with all my kids names on...is it greedy to want more of her beautiful pieces??!)this is the year of Intention for me. Forced intention - that will hopefully become a GOOD habit forever :)

In 2011 I'm hoping to feel healthier. I have spent the best part of a year feeling dizzy. I'm more than ready to be still and happy again. I'm also hoping to keep growing this exciting feeling of creativity.

I'm hoping to do a project every week with my son. i made a project advent calendar and we had so much fun together. I'd like to keep the fun going with a planned project every week.chandradawn (at) yahoo (dot) com

I am hoping to complete our adoption in 2011! We traveled/picked up our new son and daughter from Uganda in nov/dec- but we still need to finalize it here in the USA!!! I am now the lucky mom to a 7 year old home- grown, 3 year old home grown, and two three year old heart- growns!

2011 hopes...making steps towards having better communication with my son. he's one awesome little boy. we found out a few months ago that he has hearing loss and now has hearing aids. ready to have some conversations with him and not one word questions and answers.

My one little word this year is 'learn' and for me it has taken on a life of its own already. It's amazing what the intention behind a word can have when you say it out loud. My hope for this year then now is to take all those opportunities that I have to learn and take full advantage of everything they can bring to my life and not be so afraid of the things I don't know and doing things that I know will stretch me into a more loving, gracious and better version of me.

I really struggled in 2010 - health issues, losing my job, etc. I started a new job the beginning of January and I am praying that this year will be filled with better health, new friends, being more creative, and loving others better.

I am hoping to be able to find joy in life, not just when circumstances are good - but in all things. I also hope to be able to be in the moment more with my children, instead of rushing to complete tasks - just sit and be with them in the moment.

I am hoping for a lot in 2011. Mainly, I'm hoping for safety for my husband who'll be deploying and bravery for my kiddo who'll be missing his dad. And I'm hoping for a bit of bravery for me, too, as I try to make the best of things.

I'm hoping to bring in a little extra income to help the hubby! Lots of sewing! but i'll have a new born and a 1 1/2 yr old on my hands, so i hope to be able to balance everything and not go insane! <3 alyssahickman28@gmail.com

i'm hoping that mine and my sailor-man's life doesn't change too much when his contract is up and we move back home to texas. we have a few months to figure it all out, but i'm nervous that we'll lose a lot of our privacy and independence.

i am hoping to grow. and to be more disciplined in certain areas.. such as grow in my relationship with God & family & friends. and be disciplined in finances/spending & exercise. and hopefully, become pregnant at the end of the year!

My goal for this year is to adopt a more natural approach to caring for my body. I actually have my first appointment with a naturopath tomorrow! I really want to make sure I know what I'm putting in and using on my body.